Dr Farah Baig qualified in 2001, obtaining Bachelor of Medicine Degree from University of Southampton. She completed full professional training in General Practice (London Deanery) and achieved Membership of Royal College of General Practitioners (nMRCGP) in 2010.

Nurses

Mrs Catherine Hartie (f)

Mrs Hilary J Boito (f)

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Practice Management

Mr Urooj A Siddiqui (m)

Business/Practice Manager

Mr Abul Hasnath (m)

Practice Development Manager

Mrs Jean L Pearce (f)

Practice Manager

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

Administration

Miss Julie E Mertens (f)

Mrs Barbara E Cheriton (f)

Mrs Julia H Rogers (f)

Miss Urooj F Baig (f)

Reception

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.

Mrs June G Togwell (f)

Mrs Carol T Smith (f)

Mrs Dawn L Dennerley (f)

Mrs Wendy C Curran (f)

Mrs Marian C Brien (f)

Mrs Carol A Diver (f)

Mrs Susan C Stephenson (f)

Mrs Lisa J Wright (f)

Mrs Mary Cecil (f)

Health Visitors

A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.